The
Yankee Chapter held a new meet at Lenny R's property in Whitingham
VT. It was our first wet meet of 2009 and a great success - it permanently
chased away the winter blues! Over 40 members showed up, ran boats
& motors, swapped and talked old outboards, basically an all-around
fun time! The 194 acre lake Sadawga was excellent for fast runabouts
or slow putt-putting - many people checked out its very unusual feature:
a floating island!

The
meet theme was motors made by the Gale division of OMC; Buccaneer,
Sea King, Royal, Hiawatha, the last Eltos and others - Lenny's favorites.
The 5hp motors appeared to be the most popular with just about every
year from 1948-1958 represented. There were a good number of the little
3hp single Gales and Dan T. brought his entire collection of 1.5hp
singles - every single make was represented! Only a couple of the
12hp motors were seen and they were on shore - so were a number of
older Evinrude-made Sea Kings from the 1930's and 40's.

Lots
of parts and quite a few motors changed hands. Of note was Rick W's
"big haul" - he recently purchased 55 motors in a giant
lot and many found new homes at the meet. Some of the ones that caught
our eye were; 1947 Champion single, 1949 Lauson single, 1955 Scott
3.6, '54 Mark 5 and several others. Gary M. also had some very cool
motors for sale, '57 Mark 10, KE-4 and the star; a complete and unmolested
1950 Evinrude Speeditwin.

A
huge thanks to Lenny, his family and friends for hosting a great meet
- looking forward to it next year!

Photos
below thanks to Matt M., Hurricane Harry and the Webmaster.

View
of the field down to Lenny's dock

Just
a few of the Gale made motors on display - lots showed up!

Dan
T's display of every private brand 1.5hp Gale - and a few
others

Matt
M's original Sea King 5hp - 1952??

Doug
P's mint original Buccaneer 5hp - want to say 1957 vintage?

Even
an Evinrude or two and a pre-war Sea King were seen

Doug
P (left) and Rick W. discuss a 1955 Johnson CD-12 5hp

Tom
M. weighing the merits of Gary M's KE-4

Dean
P. (left) and Tom M. and son Nick putting together the Avon
- guess they like puzzles!

Ron
M. doing a few last minute adjustments on a 1947 Atlas Royal
5hp - wonder how it compaired to the TD??

It
was very early when Garry left home that day. He thought he'd
grabbed a Sea King but the light of day revealed a... Sea
Gull!!

Carl
R. zooming down the lake in hisunusual
boatpicked up at their meet a few years ago.

Garry
eventually found a little Sea King 1.5hp for use on his massive
yacht!

Ken's
polished FeatherCraft looks great!

And
the freshly restored Big Twin looks and runs BEAUTIFULLY!!

Walt
& Maureen's mint 1955 Sea King 5hp

Walt
says: "this baby is so smooth & quiet you can hardly
tell it is running - not at all like the KE-4s I'm used to!"

Matt
was not sneaking up on any fish with the My-Te electric -
but it sure didn't look like anything else on the water!

Graham
(aka G-Force) with the 1940 Johnson HS-10 2.5hp he worked
on over the winter. It could not have run better!

Cole
B. also enjoyed running the HA-10 too!

Lesson
of the day - always good to carry a spare for your trailer
because you never know when you may need it. Thanks to Dan
T. who helped with a tire change on I-91 that even Indy crews
would appreciate!

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